EWTN, Mother Angelica and the Charismatic Movement Exposed

The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) is the dominant Vatican II so called Catholic religious television and radio network in the United States. Founded by Mother Angelica in the early 1980s, it is headquartered in Irondale, Alabama. The network is operated by a Vatican II Franciscan order. EWTN's programming consists of shows of many different genres, such as talk shows, documentaries, newscasts, music, and live broadcasts from the Vatican. Everyday, there is a Vatican II New Mass broadcast live from Irondale church and monastery. Available in over 200 million television households in more than 140 countries and territories, EWTN Global Network is by far the largest "religious" media network in the world.

In
her lifetime, Mother established the Poor Clare Nuns of Perpetual
Adoration and gave birth to the Franciscan Friars of the Eternal Word
and the Sisters of the Eternal Word. She built the Shrine of the Most
Blessed Sacrament, as well as the largest shortwave network in the
world and the world's first so called Catholic satellite network.

There
was the time when, at age eleven, she was crossing a street only to
see two headlights staring her right in the face. She thought she was
dead. Incredibly, she was able to jump high enough that she avoided
being hit. The driver called it "a miracle," while Rita and
her mother dubbed it a graceful "lifting."

Her
stomach ailments were so bad that she was forced to wear a corset.
The doctors tried to help, but to little avail. Then she met an
alleged stigmatic, Rhoda Wise, and that's when things began to
change. One day, when she was 20, a voice told her to get up and walk
without the corset, and she did just that. Immediately, her suffering
was relieved. Her doctor, of course, insisted it had to with his
treatments, but Rita knew better.

Her
mother wasn't too happy when she learned that Rita had decided to
enter a Cleveland monastery. After all, she had first been abandoned
by her husband, and now her daughter was leaving her as well. But in
time she would come to accept it. As for Rita, her failing knees (and
the five stories of steps she had to traverse at the monastery), led
to her being dispatched back home to Canton.

After
nine years in the cloister, Sister Angelica took her solemn vows. Her
legs and her back were so twisted she could hardly walk (she wore a
body cast), leading her to beg God to allow her to walk again in
exchange for a promise: she would build a monastery in the South.
What she wanted was a "Negro apostolate," a cloistered
community in service to poor blacks. After undergoing spinal surgery,
and after being rebuffed initially by her bishop, she got her way;
approval was given to build a monastery in Birmingham. Then came to
the hard part—coming up with the bucks to pay for it.

In 1959,
the year before she became Mother Angelica, she spotted an ad in a
magazine for fishing lure parts. She decided that the nuns would go
into the fishing-lure business, thus was St. Peter's Fishing Lures
born. In 1961, Sports Illustrated honored her with a plaque
for her "special contribution to a sport." Remarkably, this half-
crippled nun with no business experience was able to garner national
attention for her entrepreneurial acumen. It was just the beginning.

Building a
monastery in the South in the early 1960s, especially one that would
service African Americans, was not exactly a popular enterprise. It
didn't take long before local opposition mounted, even to the point
of violence: Mother Angelica was shot at one night by one of the
protesters (he barely missed).

Amidst the
struggles to keep the revenue coming, Mother started the Li'l Ole
Peanut Company. Score another hit: By the end of 1968, she paid off
all the monastery debt. Over the next decade, she would write books
and give talks, managing to walk with an artificial hip.

Birth and History of EWTN

In
1978, her life was forever altered when she was introduced to a TV
studio in Chicago. Instantly, she got the bug: she had to have one of
her own. Then came the first of many disappointments dealing with the
so called bishops.
When she contacted them about a "Catholic" TV show, none replied.
Undeterred, she secured funding from New York philanthropist Peter
Grace, and in 1981 got a young lawyer, Bill Steltemeier, to craft a
civil corporation called the Eternal Word Television Network. Bill
would remain a loyal and talented ally throughout the tumultuous
times to come.

When
word reached Rome that a cloistered abbess was traveling the country
in pursuit of her broadcasting dream, she ran into trouble with both
American bishops and Vatican II officials. But thanks to "Cardinal"
Silvio Oddi, head of the Sacred Congregation for the Clergy, she
prevailed.

It
was never easy. Every time Mother Angelica thought she was in the
clear, another so called bishop would raise objections to her
venture. Indeed, the bishops tried to outdo her by launching their
own effort, the "Catholic Telecommunications Network of America"
(CTNA). It was clear from the beginning that Mother Angelica was seen
as a threat: EWTN had a "traditional" orientation and CTNA
took a modernist stance. EWTN won. CTNA collapsed.

We will now
examine the so called "traditional" message that was
broadcasted both when Mother Angelica was present, and that are still
broadcasted, from the so called "Catholic" EWTN Network.

EWTN:
The Global "Catholic" Network and the Charismatic Movement

The following sections contains content used from authors: Brother Peter Dimond and Brother Michael Dimond of Most Holy Family Monastery

"In
the chapel, [the
Charismatic] Schlemon
and the [Charismatic] priest laid hands on Mother,
invoking the baptism of the Holy Spirit."1About a week later "a
foreign tongue spilled from Mother Angelica's mouth inexplicably.
When Sister Regina came to deliver a glass of orange juice, Mother
tried to say thank you, but
'something else came out.'"2

Mother
Angelica, the foundress of the Eternal Word Television Network
(EWTN)3

One
of the "conservative" organizations affiliated with the
Vatican II sect is EWTN, the global "Catholic" television
network. Some misguided people have persuaded themselves and others
that EWTN is a strong defender of Catholic truth spreading light to
millions in a dark world. However, despite what many think, EWTN is
actually a vehicle for some of the worst of the post- Vatican II
apostasy. EWTN promoted John Paul II's interreligious apostasy at
Assisi, and covered with approval Benedict XVI's apostasy at the
synagogue in Germany, as well as his initiation into Islam in a
mosque in Turkey. EWTN promotes the heresy of salvation
outside the Church; its show, The Journey Home, treats
conversion to the Catholic Faith from Protestant sects as a
preference, but not a necessity. This heretical and evil idea, that
adhering to Protestant sects which reject the teaching of the true
Church doesn't bar one from salvation, is articulated by almost all
of the "converts" from Protestantism featured on The
JourneyHome.

EWTN's
foundress Mother Angelica, who has been one of the most significant
figures in the post- Vatican II sect, especially for its more
"conservative" members, is someone for us to consider.
Speaking about other religions during one show, EWTN foundress Mother
Angelica asserted with pure religious indifferentism that we all have
the same God. She specifically said: "You call him Allah, and we
call him Jesus."

On
another show with Mother Angelica, Alice Von Hildebrand (a frequent
guest on EWTN) bluntly asserted that one can get to Heaven as a
Buddhist. The way it was stated not only indicated that Buddhists can
be saved (which is heresy, of course), but that there is no
obligation whatsoever for a Buddhist to be a Catholic. In the
face of this tremendous heresy and religious indifferentism, which
was asserted right in front of her face, Mother Angelica posed no
objection, and even commented with approval. Mother Angelica and EWTN
have always been defenders of the heretical teachings of Vatican
II.

Mother
Angelica was also an outspoken defender of the worst kind of false
ecumenism, including with Jews. In one show, Mother Angelica
and Fr. Benedict Groeschel were discussing the recent death of
"Cardinal" John O'Connor. Fr. Groeschel mentioned that the
Jews held a Jewish service in St. Patrick's Cathedral after
the death of "Cardinal" John O'Connor. Groeschel, an
incredible apostate, thought that the Jewish service in the Cathedral
was a great thing. Mother Angelica also wasted no time in blurting
out: "That's awesome!"

Thus,
Mother Angelica held that the worst kind of false ecumenism – a
Jewish service in St. Patrick's Cathedral itself – is
"awesome." These facts, by the way, refute the ridiculous
assertion which was made in a book which is cited below: that EWTN
supposedly went Modernist only after the departure of Mother Angelica
from the reins of power. But even Raymond Arroyo, who wrote the
biography for Mother Angelica and is one of her biggest supporters,
bluntly admitted that she was a promoter of ecumenism whose work
could therefore be supported by members of non-Catholic religions.
"The monastery [under Mother Angelica] had become an
ecumenical touchstone in Birmingham, an inspired project that
Protestants, Jews, and Catholics could support. The
personality of Mother Angelica made it so."4

In
short, EWTN is a mechanism by which the Devil made post-Vatican II
conservative-minded professing Catholics comfortable with the
post-Vatican II apostasy.

In
1980, Mother Angelica went to North Carolina and appeared on the
Protestant television network called PTL, which was founded by
Assembly of God minister Jim Bakker and his wife, Tammy Faye. "Mother
Angelica had appeared on PTL several times throughout 1979, to great
acclaim, and was ranked in the polls as an audience favorite…
Bakker was so taken with the nun, he dispatched a team of scenic
designers to Birmingham to build her first studio set."5

The
fact that a Protestant minister was so impressed with her that he
actually sent a team to design her studio demonstrates, once again,
that her message was not Catholic, but ecumenical.

Mother
Angelica was also actively involved in the Charismatic
movement, a movement which is quite widespread in the Vatican
II sect. The Charismatic movement is a false movement heavily
infected with heretical and Protestant tendencies and ideas. On
February 11, 1971, "Barbara Schlemon, a charismatic reputed to
have the gift of healing, passed through Birmingham and asked Fr. De
Grandis [a Charismatic priest] to take her to meet Mother Angelica…
In the chapel, Schlemon and the priest laid hands on Mother,
invoking the baptism of the Holy Spirit."6

About
a week later "a foreign tongue spilled from Mother Angelica's
mouth inexplicably. When Sister Regina came to deliver a glass of
orange juice, Mother tried to say thank you, but 'something
else came out.'"7

We
must emphasize that this very significant fact is admitted in a
biography about Mother Angelica which was written by one of her
biggest supporters: the anchor of her network, Raymond Arroyo.

"On
Holy Saturday in 1971, Father De Grandis and Mother prayed over each
member of the community. All but one nun experienced the baptism
of the Holy Spirit, and everyone received something. Following this
experience, Sister Joseph and other nuns believed the Lord began
speaking to them. By Easter Sunday, the whole community was
'speaking in tongues.'"8

Speaking
in languages not known by the individual who is speaking them,
speaking in gibberish, etc. is very often a sign of diabolical
possession. This is especially true when it comes as a result of a
Charismatic experience in which one has had hands laid on him or her
in order to receive "the spirit." Readers are, of course,
perfectly free to take this or leave it: but an individual we know
from Massachusetts, who was heavily involved in the Charismatic
movement years ago, actually told one of us that he felt a demon
enter him after a Charismatic had laid his hand on him at a service.
He also told us that, at one Charismatic conference, God allowed him
to see a small demon enter a room. Amazed, he followed the demon and
waited to see if it would come back out of the room; but the only
thing which emerged from the room was the Charismatic "priest"
who was about to perform his "healing" service by praying
over people. This experience caused this individual to abandon the
Charismatic movement.

Here
is another interesting testimony from a person who was heavily
involved in the Charismatic movement of the Vatican II church. This
testimony is actually quite scary to tell the truth, and it does show
to people how heavily involved the devil is in these new age cults.

"Your conversation with the young man from Texas brought back
many memories of my own involvement with the charismatic movement in
the Vatican II "Catholic" church - but it involves many
Protestant churches as well. As long as one is able to "speak in
tongues" he is most accepted - with open arms - into this most
dangerous and spiritually unsound movement. It places unspiritual
emphasis on physical healing… When you join you are "coming
under the power" a practice which is performed often on you -
which causes you to swoon, faint slump down, and remain unconscious
for several seconds or longer. Hypnotic suggestions opens one up to
either pretended or demonically energized results which parallel
those of the occult. The last meeting I attended finally opened my
eyes to how dangerous and totally of the devil this movement is. Was
sitting in the back of a room that was rented inside a hotel for this
particular meeting. As it got started this women jumped up and
started speaking in this most frightening, gibberish language. Then
everyone else started to do the same - this endless screaming and
chanting - which seemed to go on forever - and then there was dead
silence with everyone dropping their heads as in a trace. My friend
and I were witnessing this, (and hardly believing what we were
seeing), from the back of the room. The coldness in the air cut
through us like a knife. We knew we had to get out of there - and
fast!! We could hardly make it out of our chairs - our legs felt like
lead. We managed to get to the exit door and as I turned my head to
look back, ( and to this day I'll never know why I did ), EVERYONE in
that room was staring straight at us. This dead zombie like stare!!
Then they started SCREAMING "get thee behind me Satan" over
and over and over again. The last thing I remember before darting out
the door was a slight cloud of smoke coming up from the floor in the
front of that room.

"Through the grace of God I was able to break free from this
most dangerous cult and then many years later, through your ministry,
find the True Catholic Church. The devil prowls around the world like
a roaring lion seeking the ruin of souls. He attempts to lay
countless traps to ensnare us into the pit of darkness and
lukewarmness. What a comfort to know we can rely upon the
intercession of Our Most Holy Queen and Mother to help us to resist
the wiles of the ancient adversary and his minions, especially by
"fleeing from" and withdrawing as far as is possible from a
culture that is diabolically demonic. My prayers will be with this
young man in hopes that he will "seek and find" the True
Catholic Faith."

We
believe that God allows the Devil to take people over in these
Charismatic services because by
partaking in them people are essentially saying that the sacraments
of the Catholic Church, the seven instituted by Jesus Christ, are not
sufficient. They are
professing, therefore, that they need a new set of man-made rites –
rites which are outside the sacramental system – in
order to really receive "the spirit." By
participation in such "rites," they are essentially
participating in a new religion in order to gain access to "the
spirit" outside the means specifically set up by Christ. As a
consequence, these Charismatic "rites" become new
"sacraments" of a false religion which give access to the
evil, not the Holy, spirit.

It
should be emphasized that the laying on of hands is present
throughout the New Testament as the matter for the Sacrament of
Confirmation (e.g. Acts 8:17; Acts 19:6) – a sacrament
instituted by Jesus Christ. It's ironic that in the new
"Confirmation" in the Vatican II sect the laying on of
hands has been abolished, but Charismatics continue to use the laying
on of hands in their own services in order to transmit "the
spirit." Since we know that their laying on of
hands in an attempt to transmit the "spirit" is notthe Sacrament of Confirmation (for even women
and laymen do it), it is actually the Counter Confirmation – a
false sacrament which therefore gives access, once again, not to the
Holy, but to the evil spirit.

So,
as a worthy recipient of the Sacrament of Confirmation receives a
deeper endowment of the Holy Ghost, the active participation in such
new "rites" or "sacraments" of the false
Charismatic religion – by partaking in things such as the
laying on of hands – gives these unfortunate individuals a deep
endowment of the evil spirit. That's why at many of these
Charismatic meetings the "Catholics" actually find
themselves oinking like pigs, barking like dogs, and breaking out
into outrageously uncontrollable laughter. These things,
especially oinking like pigs and barking like dogs, are clear signs
of demonic possession.

We
make reference to this first individual's experience because Mother
Angelica herself not only spoke repeatedly of her own mystical
"experiences," but she also admitted something striking
about her reaction to having hands laid on her by Charismatics. Her
reaction dovetails with this gentleman's experience. Mother Angelica
said that her experience, in which words she hadn't intended to
speak spilled out of her mouth after having had hands laid on her by
Charismatics, scared her. She recalled: "Words came
out, but I didn't know what they were. It scared me."9

Mother
Angelica didn't realize that it was an evil spirit which she had
picked up after involvement with the Charismatics. She continued to
promote this movement.

On
Dec. 2, 1977, Mother Angelica led a Charismatic retreat in Birmingham
with 28 leaders in her work, who were called "Guardians."
Standing in the chapel, "Mother laid her hands on each
guardian, praying in tongues for their fidelity. Some sang out in
holy gibberish, others were 'slain in the Spirit.'"10
One of the participants said afterwards that it was
"charismania at its height."11 After the
death of Paul VI, "Mother Angelica laid hands on Matt
Scalici, Jr. in her chapel."12

Mother
Angelica's biography claims that after this time she "gradually"
pulled out of the Charismatic movement. This is an empty claim, for
her network continued to promote the biggest charismatics in the
country, such as the figures at Franciscan University and those of
their ilk.

We
find Mother Angelica's early involvement in the diabolical
Charismatic movement very significant. It's significant because EWTN
has been a vehicle by which the Devil has kept many "conservatives"
inside the Vatican II sect by its mixture of conservatism (i.e. some
things which are true to Catholic Tradition) with the apostasy of the
Vatican II religion. Personalities such as Mother Angelica have acted
as magnets to keep "conservatives" deceived and devoted to
the Counter Church. Many are persuaded that figures such as Mother
Angelica in the post-Vatican II "Church" are proof that
true spiritual vitality is still to be found there when, in truth, it
is a false "Church" and adherence to its apostasy leads to
damnation. It makes sense that the leader of this deceptive
apostolate at EWTN, Mother Angelica, got her start by receiving a
diabolical spirit at a Charismatic event.

In
fact, Mother Angelica has claimed that numerous mystical experiences
guided her course at EWTN.

"During
a bright spot in her convalescence, Mother claims to have seen the
child Jesus dashing down the halls of the monastery. This was by
no means an isolated event."13

Does
it sound like the Child Jesus to be "dashing down the halls"?
Or does it sound more like what a demon would be doing as he goes
about his work for the destruction of souls? Based on what we've
covered already about Mother Angelica's endorsement of heresy, false
religions and the diabolical Charismatic movement, a true Catholic
would have to conclude that Mother Angelica actually saw the latter,
not the former.

Matthew
24:24-25- "For there shall arise false Christs and false
prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch as to
deceive (if possible) even the elect. Behold I have told it to
you, beforehand."

Mother
Angelica also claimed that the Child Jesus appeared to her and told
her, "Build me a temple and I will help those who help
you."14 While churches can be described as "temples"
(2 Thess. 2:4) a "temple" can also describe a Jewish house
of worship and a Masonic lodge. Since Mother Angelica has promoted
the heretical and false idea that Jews don't need Jesus Christ for
salvation – proven by, among other things, her adherence to the
antipopes who teach this – it's certain that it was not Our
Lord Jesus telling her to build a Catholic temple. Rather, it was
another evil spirit (one similar to that which she received at the
Charismatic event) cryptically telling her to build a "temple"
for the New Church religion of the Vatican II sect. It's very
interesting that the top of the Cross on the outside of this "temple"
(a temple that Mother Angelica spent about 50 million dollars to
build!) was incredibly blown off cleanly by a bolt of lightning
during a powerful storm, leaving only a "T," not the
regular Cross. It remains that way to this day.

Moving
back to the apostasy promoted by EWTN, Fr. Benedict Groeschel is a
huge figure at EWTN. Groeschel has turned away converts, declared
that he never "bought" that non-Catholics can't be saved (a
defined dogma), preached in "200 Protestant churches and a
hundred synagogues," and said that the sacraments are not
necessary for salvation, and even denied that Our Lord even said
"Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood
you shall not have life in you" (John 6:54)!15

EWTN's
"experts" totally reject the necessity of the Catholic
Church for salvation. EWTN's "experts" inform non-Catholic
inquirers – including a Jew who rejects Christ and the wife of
an "Orthodox" schismatic wondering about her husband's
obligation to convert – that they are fine for Heaven right
where they are.16

EWTN
also promotes an organization called the Association of Hebrew
Catholics (AHC). The Association of Hebrew Catholics is composed
of supposed "converts" from Judaism. They are attempting to
create, in effect, a Jewish sect inside the "Catholic Church."
This organization is headed by David Moss, who has been featured on
EWTN numerous times. David Moss is the brother of Rosalind Moss, who
also has hosted shows on EWTN and is employed by "Catholic
Answers." This AHC – composed of supposed converts from
Judaism – promotes that Catholics converted from Judaism may
continue to practice the Old Law (an idea solemnly condemned by the
Council of Florence).

"Ignoring
the Church's teaching that the rituals and observances of the Mosaic
law have been abolished with the New Covenant and that it is mortally
sinful to observe them, Moss recommended that the Catholic
inquirer 'go to a local synagogue and watch what they do and listen
to it. You can take part in a Seder,' he added…
Moss then recommended that Catholics follow suit [that is,
follow the practice of 'Messianic Jews'] by celebrating Passover and
Rosh haShanah… This conclusion is supported by an item
on AHC's website entitled: 'Through the Hebrew Catholic Year: A
Collection of Traditions and Prayers for the Jewish Holidays for
Catholics.' Here AHC advocates a 'Catholic' celebration of
Rosh haShanah, Yom Kippur, Succoth, Purim, Passover, Shavuoth, and
Hanukkah, using prayers 'adapted from traditional Jewish prayer
books.'"17

This
is a promotion of mortal sin, heresy and apostasy.

EWTN
is unfortunately a very heretical, modernist, false ecumenical
network, which mixes apostasy, a promotion of Vatican II, the New
Mass and the New Religion with some interesting programming. Here's
an interesting e-mail we received on this issue:

"Good
morning, Turned on EWTN this morning. I find myself
occasionally viewing the Novus Ordo service during this my decision
process, i.e., what to do (relative to my Catholic Faith). I heard
the "main celebrant" Fr. Francis state: '...the Church
never said other Christians will not receive salvation...those that
say this are liars or misinformed...the Catholic Church is like a
five course meal, if you want the whole meal, come to the Church..'

"The
day's homily is available online (I think next day). This "doctrine"
has gone, real time, to untold numbers.

Pray
for me,

G.
M."

We
wonder if any of the EWTN supporters who heard or watched the sermon
ever deeply considered its implications: what it means about their
presence at church, their entire effort to attend "Mass,"
etc. We wonder if it hit any of them that this means that being a
Catholic, praying the Rosary, going to confession, etc. is pointless.

We
certainly hope for the conversion of "Fr." Francis, but we
must say that he is too blinded by his apostasy to realize his
foolishness. He is too blinded to realize that he holds that his own
"priesthood" – the entire EWTN Network – is a
complete waste of time. If you believe what EWTN and "Fr."
Francis do, you would have to be a complete idiot to be
Catholic. You could just head down to the local Lutheran church,
confess your faith in Jesus as Lord, and head on your way.

So
don't be fooled by externals. Heretics have always had externals to
one degree or another. Don't be fooled by those who claim to have
some attachment to the Catholic Faith or Our Lord or Our Lady or the
Saints, but reject a dogma. Unless they accept the entire truth, they
are phonies. "Fr." Francis sometimes speaks of bringing the
young to Christ on his show "Life on the Rock." Sounds
great and devoted, doesn't it? But then he publicly commented on and
praised Benedict
XVI's Christ-denying visit to the synagogue and endorsement of the
Jewish religion. He speaks of bringing the young to Christ when
he believes
that Christ is meaningless.

This
e-mail shows us again that phonies mix an attachment to some
things Catholic with a rejection of its truth. They act as if they
are devoted to God, and surely say some good and conservative things,
but they are abominations in God's sight.

Since
we're speaking of phonies, mention must be made of "Fr."
John Corapi of EWTN. Those who have seen him know that Corapi gives
talks as if he is devoted to Our Lord and the Catholic Faith –
"thundering" against sin and defending the Eucharist in his
melodramatic fashion. He is an utter phony, for he holds that
it is all meaningless. He holds that you can be a Protestant
who completely rejects Our Lady, the Papacy and the Eucharist, or
even a Jew who completely rejects Christ.

Speaking
about the conflict between Protestants and professing Catholics in
Ireland, "Fr." John Corapi declared: "I don't care if
you're Baptist or Catholic; you are Christian. Just practice it."
That is blatantly heretical.

They
are like "whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful,
but within are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. [They]
outwardly appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy
and iniquity." (Matthew 23:28)

One
of us called "Fr." Corapi's secretary once, and asked her:
"Is it necessary to be a Catholic to be saved?" She
responded with the blunt answer: "No." One of us then said,
"then why be a Catholic?" She said: "Because it is the
fullness of truth." One of us responded: "But it's not
necessary according to you." She agreed. Behold the
emptiness, the stupidity and the evil of the Vatican II religion.

A
new book entitled A Network Gone Wrong (by Chris Ferrara, Good
Counsel Publications, Pound Ridge, NY) was recently published. The
book is being vigorously promoted Nicholas Gruner's apostolate.
Gruner's apostolate is even sending out free copies of this book.
Simply put, the book is an all-out assault on the television network
EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) which has become, according to
the book, a network of apostasy since the departure of Mother
Angelica from the reins of power.

Much
can be garnered about the purpose of the book in examining the book's
thesis. The thesis of the book, repeated prominently throughout, is
that EWTN has become a network of apostasy since the departure of
Mother Angelica – as if it had not been a network of apostasy
before that time!

Chris
Ferrara, EWTN: A Network Gone Wrong, p. 5: "With
Mother Angelica's departure as the network's signature
personality by the end of 2001, the original vision of the
network as a counter-Modernist force for a Catholic restoration was
quickly lost and has never been recovered. Mother's
vision has been replaced by an 'ecumenical,' watered-down
blandness, delivered largely by ex-Protestant ministers, combined
with lame attempts at 'cool' Catholicism with a heavy emphasis on
rock music."

"Fr."
Nicholas Gruner, Letter on promotion of the book EWTN: A Network
Gone Wrong: "All of these scandalous novelties are on
EWTN! And they undermine the Faith! Over and over again,
Catholics complain to us about EWTN's scandals. Faithful and informed
Catholics are disgusted with EWTN's brand of 'Catholicism.' All
of this has been happening since Mother Angelica gave up control of
EWTN in March 2000 – 6 years ago."

What
a lie! For anyone who has just
a little honesty and a little familiarity with the positions and
programming of EWTN
prior to Mother Angelica's "departure" in 2000 or 2001
(whenever you want to date it), this statement is quickly seen to be
an outrageous falsehood. Under the control of Mother Angelica, EWTN
promoted the same false ecumenism, the same denial of Outside the
Church There is No Salvation, the same rejection of the necessity for
Protestants to convert (as exemplified on The
Journey Home), the
same type of Rock Music (Life on the Rock), etc. that Ferrara
complains about and denounces in his book. During
the reign of Mother Angelica, EWTN
covered and promoted John
Paul II's interreligious apostasy
– for instance, his Pan-Christian Encounter in 1999 and many
other events with heretics and schismatics– it promoted the
cult of John Paul II and, of course, it promoted the New
Mass and Vatican
II to the core, while rejecting independent traditionalists.
(Jeff Cavins, by the way, said on EWTN radio that our material should
be thrown in the trash.) EWTN was the same network of apostasy under
Mother Angelica that it is now, with minor differences in
programming, such as would change on any network from year to year.
This, of course, is very
obvious and well known
to anyone who knows anything about the network (as Ferrara and Gruner
certainly do) and is
honest at all.

In
response to this book, even EWTN personality "Fr." John
Trigilio objected to the ridiculous assertion that everything has
changed since the demise of the popular nun:

"Fr."
John Trigilio, in response to EWTN: A Network Gone Wrong: "I
have known Reverend Mother Angelica these past ten years, along with
Deacon Bill Steltemeier and many of the staff in production and
programming, Internet services, the theology department, and so on.
It is a gross distortion to infer that EWTN, since Mother's
stroke and subsequent absence from the camera, has
deteriorated into a modernist, heterodox, sacrilegious agent of
modern Catholic media."
(http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/abbott/060307)

To
assert that EWTN has spiraled into apostasy and modernism and the
promotion of the aforementioned things only since the departure of
Mother Angelica is one of the biggest and most outrageous lies we've
ever heard.

The
Devil wants people to stay with the counterfeit Church
of the Vatican II sect. He wants people to stay with the invalid
New
Mass. This is the whole purpose of the lies, and many similar
false
messages. The Devil wants to keep conservative-minded "Catholics"
inside the Vatican II parishes, in communion with the new Vatican II
religion, and under the manifestly heretical and non-Catholic Vatican
II antipopes.
In order to accomplish this, the Devil uses people such as Mother
Angelica. And in order to be ultra-effective, in the false messages
which he gives them he includes conservative statements.

Mother
Angelica says the dogma that you have to be Catholic to be saved is
actually heresy

FYI
- While flipping through the channel line upon TV this morning, I
came across Mother Angelica Live on EWTN. If anyone ever needs
evidence that proves she believes in Universal Salvation, you can
find her speaking about it from the May 16, 2000 episode, which came
on as a rerun. She firmly and deceivingly claims that it is the
teaching of the Church and supports this heresy whole-heartedly.

Lidash…

I
view EWTN periodically with the intent of having specific cases to
use in discussion with various people trying to hold tight to a
belief because EWTN said it was so and they can't be wrong (I also
use your material which is far more insightful than anything I am
capable of doing).

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Friday
7/6/07; re-broadcast of "Mother Angelica Live" from the
year 2000

The
last caller of the program asked, 'Will people of other religions
lose their souls if they do not eat the Body of Christ?'

"Mother"
Angelica answered:

"God
judges by your light."

She
quotes Luke 12:47,48: She says, 'There is a passage in Luke 12 where
it speaks of the servant who knows what his master wants, he will
receive many stripes but the one who does not know but deserves to be
beaten will receive less.' 'You see, if you don't know, how can you
be held …'

And
then she wraps everything around her next statement, 'There was
a heresy a few years back that you had to be Catholic to go to
Heaven. The Church does not teach that.All people
are saved by the merits of Jesus through the Church.'

She
continues, 'Nobody has told them, back to your question (the caller
asking about the Eucharist). We will be judged only by what they have
been told and the graces we have.'

Some
additional paraphrases: The degree (of grace?) given to priests,
religious, and bishops means that more is expected of them.

There
are other people we must save - Jesus and the Church want all people
to go to heaven My judgment will be different than others because I
am religious and more is expected. You have light and knowledge by
what you have been told - to whom is given a great deal much is
expected, but, if you haven't been given a great deal …

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

This
was a carbon-copy of the many examples of heresy you have provided to
Catholics pertaining to the deceit or ill-will or ignorance that
people in leadership positions (as with Dolan) pass-off as
authentically Catholic. Makes me recall a number of years ago how I
yearned for my cable company to provide EWTN so that I would have
access to true Catholic teaching – THANK YOU – for
opening my eyes to the many angles the counter-church uses to subvert
Catholic Teaching and Tradition.

Regarding
the scripture passage from Luke - the Haydock commentary provides:
"Shall be beaten with few stripes. Ignorance, when it proceeds
from a person's own fault, doth not excuse, but only diminsheth the
fault" That is quite different from the interpretation "Mother"
offered.

Gary

That's
quite a heresy. The fact that Mother Angelica called the seven-times
defined dogma of the faith (i.e. Outside
the Church There is No Salvation) a heresy and said that the
Church "does not teach that" is so heretical that it's
difficult to find the words to describe how bad it is. It further
proves that she is outside the Church, that she is a false prophet,
that her network is not remotely Catholic and is a vehicle of the
Devil to lead conservative-minded individuals into the Counter Church
he has constructed.

It's
also interesting to note that her programs are typically so lacking
in substance, so worthless, so boring, so focused on trivial matters
or making her audience laugh at unimportant things, that they are, in
our view, pathetic. Her programs are usually worthless because they
are the products of a dead soul. What's amazing is that so many
people have remained glued to them (and thus frozen in the Conciliar
Church) rather than losing interest in her lifeless message and
searching instead for things which provide more substance, more
material relevant to the hard-hitting truths
of God and the Catholic Faith. It speaks to the sad truth of how
few savor the truth and are attracted to it and to what's important.

Fr.
Groeschel says on EWTN that there are non-Catholic saints, including
Martin Luther King

I
just finished watching Sunday Night With Father Groeshel on EWTN. His
guest was a "priest" (forgot his name) who is the
postulator for the "canonization" of Cardinal Cooke. A
caller called in and asked if the Catholic Church would ever consider
canonizing a non-Catholic such as Martin Luther King. The "priest"
replied that the person must be a Catholic for canonization but it
doesn't mean that there are not saints in other faiths! Father
Groeshel agreed with him and what Father Groeshel said next revealed
his blatant apostasy. He said that a good candidate for canonization
is William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army! A Protestant
heretic!

AP

That's
quite a heresy. It's also what John Paul II taught in Ut
Unum Sint.
If that doesn't show someone that EWTN and similar groups are not
Catholic, we don't know what will. Groeschel is an outrageous
apostate; he's almost at the level of history's notorious Protestant
"reformers." In addition to other astounding utterances of
heresy, Groeschel has said that he "never bought" the
Church's teaching that it's necessary for salvation to be Catholic. The fact that EWTN continues to
present Fr. Groeschel is abominable, but it's not surprising. They
put him on because they agree with him. Considering his beliefs, for
them to put him out there to teach "the faith" involves a
major mortal sin and demonstrates that they are a network of
apostasy, despite some of the true and interesting things they do.

EWTN's
program, Catholicism on Campus, teaches that Protestants and other
non-Catholics are saved

[This
post has significance even for those who are unfamiliar with EWTN,
for it demonstrates what the Vatican II sect of Benedict XVI
represents in the everyday lives of people.]

In
EWTN's program Catholicism on Campus, which aired on Feb. 23,
host "Msgr." Stuart Swetland fielded a number of questions
on salvation from college students. He was asked: is it necessary
for salvation to be Catholic? In his answers, "Msgr."
Swetland said that non-Catholics can be saved, even those who don't
believe in Christ. He said that the Protestants can be saved, that
they are incorporated into the Church at baptism. He made no
qualification whatsoever; the message was that all Protestants are
going to Heaven. He also said that Muslims and others can
be saved. He also told the college students that Vatican
II teaches (in Lumen Gentium 16) that those who
don't even believe in God can be saved.

"Msgr."
Swetland was also asked about once saved always saved, held by many
Protestants. He said that Catholics and Protestants believe the same
thing on that issue, but just express it differently. It's all a
matter of language, you see. (Again, these were college students who
took the time to get – and were probably thirsting for –
answers to these critical questions on salvation from one they think
is a conservative "Catholic" monsignor.) As "proof"
that Catholics and Protestants have the same view of
salvation/justification/once saved, etc., EWTN's "monsignor"
pointed to the Joint Declaration with
the Lutherans on Justification and said
that Catholics and Protestants believe the same on justification.

After
having heard his explanation, that essentially the members of all
religions can be saved and that it's not necessary to be Catholic,
Swetland was also asked if evil people can be saved. He responded by
stating that the bible teaches that we are all evil, and that he
won't say that anyone is in Hell.

How
empty, how heretical, how horrible, and how definitely Hell-bound is
this apostate who calls himself a "monsignor," and who is
featured as a beacon of truth on EWTN! How certainly Hell-bound are
also all those who promote, defend or excuse such heresy and heretics
by either obstinately professing communion with them and their sect,
or by failing to condemn and expose their sect when they can! How sad
that these college students are being fed this spiritual poison,
being left out to (spiritually) dry because they aren't hearing the
truth and don't have the interest to search it out themselves!

If
only they were hearing the simple, true and traditional teachings of
the Church, it would probably spark something within some of them to
take a deep interest in the Faith and change their lives. As the
missionaries (e.g. St. Francis Xavier) and Sacred Scripture (Isaias
5:13) point out, people do perish because of lack of knowledge. That
means that some would have responded and would have been saved if
they had heard the truth, but they were lost because they didn't.
That's why, for example, spreading this book
we have on the Counter Church is so important; and it seems to have
generated interest among people so far.

Those
who imbibe this Vatican II heresy, promoted by Swetland and EWTN (and
promoted from corner to corner of the Counter Church by "priests,"
nuns, catechists, etc.), do not have the Faith they need for
salvation. One could tell by the line of questioning of the college
students that they could see, at least in a certain way, that it
didn't make sense, that, deep down, his answers constituted an
inconsistent fraud. For after the "monsignor" gave his
explanation, one of them asked: "…if all men are saved,
why send missionaries to other countries, why be Catholic?" The
heretic responded by saying that it's important to make explicit the
implicit faith they have.

EWTN
assures people that Muslims can be saved

Here
is a recent Question and Answer on the EWTN website:muslims
in heaven- Question from ray busacco on 10/22/2007: My
son-in-law is now a Christian, however his Mom & Dad were of
Muslim faith from Iran and recently passed away. He is struggling
with thinking that they are lost and not able to enter heaven and
also thinks that it will do no good to pray for them to enter the
kingdom of heaven. We are not sure how to console him. I appreciate
your response.Thanks,Ray Busacco

Answer
by Fr. Robert J. Levis on 10/23/2007: Ray, Our Church teaches that
non-Catholics may well be saved if they lived good upright lives
according to their own traditions, said their prayers regularly,
considered their own faith valid. There are 5 billion people on earth
who today will never even hear the word, Jesus, or anything about
him. God is good and we can hope and pray for the saving of these who
never have been told of Christ. -Fr. Bob LevisIf what
Levis said was true, then why would anyone bother to go to the ends
of the earth preaching the Gospel and converting people to the
Catholic Faith like the missionaries did, even going so far as to be
martyred, rather than tell them what Levis just stated? What a
heretic!Bridget

Yes,
and the pathetic part about this is that almost all sedevacantist
priests who believe in baptism
of
desire would give basically the same heretical answer.

Fr.
Mitch Pacwa spreads religious indifferentism on EWTN

I'm
not sure if you caught this or not --- but EWTN has a weekly show by
a Maronite Jesuit in Mitch Pacwa. During his show… there were
numerous heresies being thrown around by Pacwa; e.g. that God uses
other churches as sources for salvation, praising Protestant
preaching, how the Orthodox sects are "true Churches," that
Protestants have the gift of faith, etc. all mainly based on the
documents of Vatican II. It was sickening. How anyone can support
this network... and be called Catholic is beyond me.

God
Bless,

Fergus

EWTN hides, ignores
and omits the crimes of the Vatican II antipopes

Speaking
of EWTN, yesterday morning I was watching their "Mass" and
"Fr." Miguel Marie was the presider. His homily was about
the Chair of Peter and the Pope being the head of the Church.
Everything he said was ok until he started to talk about "Pope"
Benedict XVI and how God has entrusted him to be the leader of the
faithful, etc. What really turns me off about EWTN besides the fact
that they are Novus Ordo is that they completely evade and ignore all
the facts about the V2 antipopes. They pick out things that the
antipopes say that may seem conservative or in-line with Catholic
teaching but never make any mention of the heresies of the antipopes
and the terrible acts of apostasy that they've committed. This
morning I mailed a letter to "Fr." Miguel expressing my
feelings about his evasive attitude about the antipopes. In the
letter I also informed him about the Church's teaching that a heretic
cannot be a valid Pope.

Yes, that's exactly right.
They don't even criticize them at all, not even for such things as
kissing the Koran or going to the synagogue or going to the mosque.
In this regard one thinks not only of the EWTN "priests,"
but people like Scott Hahn, etc. They know very well that much of
what the Vatican II antipopes have done is a betrayal of the basic
teachings of Our Lord, but you won't hear them even speak negatively
about things they have done. These outrageous omissions are what will
primarily convict them before the Judgment Seat of Christ. It's
utterly dishonest and actually idolatrous. This is not to say, of
course, that those who do criticize the Vatican II antipopes, but
obstinately maintain that they are popes, are justified. They are
horrible as well.

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